#martina lussi

[goodbysunball]

Quarantine Rock

Been a minute. I’ve been driven back to the ‘net by the unfortunate situation the entire world is in. I’m trying hard to keep occupied and keep cool instead of binging news and Instagram, and music, as always, has been a salve. Most of the below titles are just new to me, though not necessarily new - but we’ve pretty much all got the time to reminisce or to go back and search for buried gems, so here goes.

Tori Kudo, The Last Song of My Life LP (An’archives) / Tori Kudo & Kayo Makino, Ein Traum Für Dich LP (Black Truffle)

Tori Kudo’s always been on the periphery of my listening, but aside from the Mu Ji Ge 7″, this is really my first time diving into his extensive body of work. His newest solo LP is The Last Song of My Life, where as bandleader Kudo leads a melancholy saunter meditating on one motif for its duration, occasionally pocked by noise, apparently “depending on their response to the film work that was being projected.” You don’t need the film to get to the emotive heart of this, and the motif will be stuck in your head for days. Strangely beautiful, and somewhat disarming, even if the errant elbow strikes you in the ribs now and then. My go-to reading soundtrack lately. Beautiful presentation by An’archives, as usual. This one flew off the shelves, so be sure to grab it if you see it in the wild.

Last year Kudo released a collaborative LP with Kayo Makino on Black Truffle, and if you’re daunted by The Last Song of My Life, this one goes even further down the rabbit hole. I prefer Ein Traum Für Dich though; Kudo’s on piano, playing Satie on the A-side and some meandering progression on the flip, and Makino digitally distorts and heightens Kudo’s playing, occasionally adding spoken word samples and processed noise. The A-side is interesting, both of them playing with the possibilities of this pairing, Makino layering and offsetting Kudo’s melody to nauseating effect. The B-side is the reason for tuning in, though: Makino’s static stretches and overwhelms Kudo at points, making for a hypnotic and immersive 20+ minute ride. It’s a trip, the whole album acting as an audial blackout curtain, or the mesmerizing escape we all could use. Grab the LP from Forced Exposure for 15% off now.

Hardijs Lediņš, Tiny Crabs of Deep Waters LP (Musiques Electroniques Actuelles)

Been digging into the NSRD collective’s work a bit lately, though I’m not gonna pretend like I’m some sort of expert - the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art published a comprehensive book about the group a few years ago if ya wanna become one, though. I’m partway through the book; my takeaway so far is that the NSRD collective, led by Hardijs Lediņš and Juris Boiko, found ways to subvert oppressive Soviet rule through a freedom of expression and thought seldomly encountered. Part of that expression was of course music, and the Workshop For the Restoration of Unfelt Feelings compilation on Stroom is the best introduction (good luck finding the LP). The music was largely electronic, somewhat ahead of its time and also totally cracked given the relative isolation of Latvia during this time. Tiny Crabs of Deep Waters is another entryway to the group’s music, this time a reissue of an impossible-to-find CDr from Hardijs Lediņš. The synth-heavy, largely instrumental record should appeal to fans of the soundtrack work of Tangerine Dream or John Carpenter, but the whole thing carries this strange sense that something is a bit off. Cartoonish keyboard effects collide with rich bass tones in a conventional yet dizzying manner, if you lean in close. The LP’s been a great shot in the arm when the day gets too sleepy, especially when the beat kicks in on the 13-minute “La Danse Binoculaire De Paris.” Top notch reissue, released at the end of last year, and can still be had on Discogs.

Teitanblood, Death 2xLP (Norma Evangelium Diaboli/The Ajna Offensive)

Yeah, this one makes sense right now: absolutely blistering black metal from Spain, the 2014 follow-up to modern classic Seven Chalices that I didn’t check out for some reason until now. Teitanblood is smothering and chaotic, and hardly conventional, but an admittedly complicated method exists behind the screen. There’s hardly a more cathartic record available to me than Death, especially the duo of “Plagues of Forgiveness”/”Cadaver Synod” that takes up face B. The band released The Baneful Choir last year, and that one smokes, too. Grab both LPs from Hell’s Headbangers or direct from the Ajna Offensive and burn straight out of this reality.

Martina Lussi, Diffusion Is a Force LP (Latency)

A totally engrossing and absorbing sound world created by Switzerland’s Martina Lussi on Diffusion Is a Force. The samples used - wheezing breaths, dribbling basketballs, roaring crowds - introduce a human element to the rich, warm tapestries. No beats to ride on here, but a track like “Higher Energy” cuts to the core with a Loren Connors-esque guitar part, which is then slowly displaced by rumbling, punctuated bass. The album feels very light and warm, as if in a fog, and the careful sequencing shifts the mood imperceptibly from track to track. Obviously I am not well-versed in electronic music, and there’s probably a name for what Lussi does so well here, but whatever it is, Diffusion Is a Force hits me right in the chest while gettin’ the synapses firing. Find the LP on Discogs, or support 2 Bridges Music Arts during this time of small business strain.

Reek Minds, s/t 7″ (Edger) / Suck Lords, True Lords Music 7″ (Edger) / Pig DNA, Mob Shity MLP (La Vida Es Un Mus) / Pig DNA, Strong Throat 7″ (Square One Again)

It’s inevitable that some anger will boil over from time to time, from the ineptitude shown by governments worldwide to the jackass hoarding hand sanitizer right here in Tennessee. These four records will stomp the anger right outta ya so you can get back to staring at the ceiling and forcing yourself to breathe calmly. Reek Minds’ 7″ is new this year, and they blaze through 8 tracks, coming off like the late, great Sickoids while still sprinkling in some mosh-worthy bits (see “A.M.”). Matt K. at Yellow Green Red thinks Iron Lung will be calling for Reek Minds to join their ranks soon, and I agree. Apparently there are 2 copies of Reek Minds’ self-titled 7″ left at Bandcamp as of this writing. They share members with Suck Lords, who somehow play even faster, approaching powerviolence speeds, their drummer giving Jerry’s Kids’ Brian Betzger a run for his money. The Lords are a little more goofy than Reek Minds, though you wouldn’t know it if they hadn’t included a lyric sheet and a “Getting to Know the Lords” insert with last year’s True Lords Music record. Grab some Lords from Not For Everyone.

Pig DNA, for their part, drop an atomic bomb on the whole thing, their 2015 MLP Mob Shity sounding strangely prescient and utterly unforgiving. From the opening track “Foire,” Pig DNA throw down the gauntlet, every track seeming to possess more ludicrous levels of noise smothering the piledriving riffs than the previous one. There’s d-beat in there somewhere, but I’m not gonna stick my hand in the caustic stew to find it. “Scums (City Rockers)” is my pick, but the whole thing is an unrelenting assault and worthy successor to Kriegshög’s s/t LP. Hard to handle nuclear material, so it’s still available for as low as $6. The band followed up Mob Shity with Strong Throat, possibly the shortest 7″ record I own, that continues down the same path. It’s worth hunting down (here ya go) for the B-side, where the drums drop out and the band still gnashes and claws at the walls with all its got. Insane. May their message live on in these chaotic days ahead.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

September 14 2019: a new episode of The Anatomy Lesson at 11pm EST on CFRC 101.9fm. Music by Carla dal Forno, Vanity Productions, SHYGIRL, Apostille, Martina Lussia, HTRK, Pussyvision + more. Tune in at 101.9 on your FM dial, stream at http://audio.cfrc.ca:8000/listen.pls or listen to an archive here: https://www.mixcloud.com/cameronwillis1232/the-anatomy-lesson-september-14-2019/ Pablo’s Eye - “A Pagan Use” Dark Matter (2019) Certain Fever - “Pale Skin” Best Half Of Fall (2017) Martina Lussi - “Anarchy For Her” Diffusion Is a Force (2019) Vanity Productions - “Showtime Revision” Only The Stars Come Out At Night (2019) PussyVision - “Body is a Diatribe” REPLICATE:// (2018) Apostille - “It’s Not Right” ALERT! (2019) Brood Ma - “Sacrificial Youth” DAZE (2016) HTRK - “Eat yr heart” Work (work, work) (2011) bianca scout - “stay close” Voyager (2016) Dampé - “Move Me ft. Laura Steel” Peach Shuffle (2019) SHYGIRL - “Beauts” PDA Compilation Volume 1: And The Beat Goes On (2019) LILITH twin - “Blood Sword” Of Flame & Love (2019) Slaylor Moon - “Lady” Zone of Pure Resistance (2019) Carla dal Forno - “Fever Walk” So Much Better (2019)

[cordycepsspore]

(NTS)

[dustedmagazine]

Martina Lussi — Diffusion Is a Force (Latency)

Diffusion Is a Force by Martina Lussi

Lucerne, Switzerland-based artist Martina Lussi started off recording 20-to-30-minute pieces and whittled them down to the slightly shorter ones that made her Selected Ambient debut on Hallow Ground. For Diffusion Is a Force, her second full-length, she’s trimmed her works down further, shelling out a set of condensed, pop-sized productions of makeshift but well-defined electronic music, the longest track barely breaking the five-minute mark.

Regardless of length, Lussi has consistently attempted to incorporate as many styles as possible into her work, both blending them together and letting them sit side-by-side, in attempt to stretch her own authorship and to test its breaking point. Lussi limited the length of her pieces on Diffusion as a way of matching “the ever-quickening pace of communication.” The ground Lussi covers suggests that she’s not only amusing fleeting attention spans but also challenging herself with the restriction of time length.

On Diffusion Is a Force, Martina Lussi names her songs after made-up perfumes and meaningless phrases. Each piece is a fusion of sparse electronics, effected vocals, guitar, or harp, and field recordings, many coming from recognizable sounds in public spaces, like jeering crowds from a stadium. At times Diffusion will feel sterile but picturesque, carrying the same sort of torque of a James Ferraro piece but less humorous, and it can also feel slippery or just out of reach. The conceptual fibers of the titles and music are elusive, and the imagery that transpires is overt in detail but various in proximity.

Maybe as a result of compacting her pieces, Lussi breaks from a traditional ambient stance and tries her hand at the discrete and embedded messaging, which has become prevalent in electronic music over the past decade or so, Pan’s output being a good reference. Bits of this approach could be lifted from Lussi’s latest cassette, Installations 2016/2017, and much of it is in tune with Latency, the Parisian label she's settled into, sitting well with the two releases leading up to hers: Sam Kidel’s Silicon Ear and Laurel Halo’s Raw Silk Uncut Wood. Like those albums, Diffusion revels in ambiguity and coded, loosely conceptual sound associations. Latency, led by Sidney Gerard and Souleymane Said, takes interest in more experimental club sounds with ambient leanings, oozy meanderings with non-committal beats, the ones that generally reside on the B-side of a 12”. In short, the label lives up to its name. The interest in grey areas is in how they can flourish and intrigue in a different manner than straighter material; sound can grow in odd environments. The typically reticent nature of the 12” B-side doesn’t paint Diffusion’s sound, the album though does well with the liberties it presents.  

Ian Forsythe

[anikainvada]

New mix up for IMD full of many people I much admire and respect: know no limits.

https://soundcloud.com/junorecords/international-womens-day-anika

Let’s Go Now - Melody Sisters

Sunset Dub - Grace Jones

Throat - Swan Meat

NA ONDA DA BABYLON - Badsista

Cuando una persona común se eleva - When an Ordinary Person Rises - Mueran Humanos

Drive My Car (DASHA Rush Remix) - Gudrun Gut

B1. Regret - HVNX

White Label

Whirl - Jossy Mitsu

Day Dreaming (Afrodeutsche Remix) - Marie Davidson

Dimension Jumping - Paula Temple

Houdini - Kate Bush

Upsammy - Branches On Ice

White Label

Anarchy for Her - MARTINA LUSSI

Flower - Jehnny Beth

The Ministry of Defence - PJ Harvey

Jennifer’s Body - Hole

Hurricane Dub - Grace Jones

Muses (from 'Miniatures') - Aude Langlois

Lieben - PJ Harvey

[scavengedluxury]

And so some more of my fav music from 2019:

Snowy ft Jason Williamson - EFFED (spot some Scavengedluxury Nottingham locations in the video)

Zonal - Wrecked

Kali Malone - The Sacrificial Code

Martina Lussi - Difusion Is A Force

Institute - Readjusting the Locks

Cosey Fanni Tutti ‎– Tutti

[mondkopf]

My year end’s list 2019

Metooool !

The Telluric Ashes of the Ö Vrth Immemorial Gods by ESOCTRILIHUM

Antipode by Impavida

Pa Vesh En - Pyrefication by Iron Bonehead Productions

Hidden History of the Human Race by Blood Incantation

Lament by TOTALED

Beyond the Circular Demise by Coffins

Sacramental Death Qualia by HAUNTER

At the Threshold of the Greatest Chasm by COSMIC PUTREFACTION

VI. Skin Stone Blood Bone by Ifernach

Döda Själar by Mylingar

Circle of Veins by Sadness

Ponk !

Ihmisen Kasvot LP by Kohti Tuhoa

No One Knows What The Dead Think by No One Knows What The Dead Think

Strange, Beautiful And Fast by Takafumi Matsubara

Droonie !

Intemporel by Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma

Pyroclasts by SUNN O)))

Approaching by Andrew Sherwell

Byron Westbrook - Voice Damage by Psychic Troubles Tapes

Solastalgia by Rafael Anton Irisarri

Dream Character by Matt Jencik

Curved Entrances by Curved Entrances

Environment by MY DISCO

New Rain Duets by Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan

Electronicity !

Sutarti by Joshua Sabin

Seven Horses For Seven Kings by BLACK TO COMM

Erg Herbe by JAB

Scattered Memories by SABA ALIZADEH

Krysalis by Slagmann

Adaptive Emotional Use by Death Kneel

Diffusion Is a Force by Martina Lussi

Antigravity by Orson Hentschel

La bella guitarra !

A Porthole (I) by astrïd

Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars by Sarah Louise

A Son by Pan•American

Crossing by Seabuckthorn

Do You Feel Like You Can Get Through This With Me? by Matt Christensen

Across The Field by House and Land

Out of Sight by Jake Xerxes Fussell

Top of the Pop !

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten

Lifelike by FACS

The Heavy Steps Of Dreaming by Minor Pieces

:')

River Without Banks by Leo Svirsky

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VA - Interactions: A Guide to Swiss Underground Experimental Music (Buh Records)

Interactions: A Guide to Swiss Underground Experimental Music is a double compilation curated by Luis Alvarado and published by Buh Records, which brings together 27 works by more than 30 artists from the current experimental music scene in Switzerland, in a variety of sounds, ranging from free improvisation, ambient and industrial music, to synthesizer music, sound collage and more, which gives an account of an intense activity of the Swiss underground that runs through cities such as Zürich, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, Biel, Chiasso and Lucerne . This compilation includes works by Rudolf Eb.er, Martina Lussi, Papiro & Yanik Soland, Manuel Troller, Niton, Therminal C, JMO, Flo Stoffner, Christian Müller, Erb/Loriot/Morishige, Noijzu, Christian Kobi, Alvear/Bondi/d'incise, Julian Sartorius, Joke Lanz, Jason Kahn, Tout Bleu, Belia Winnewisser, Souharce, Laurent Güdel, Dave Phillips, Denis Rollet, Gilles Aubry, Jen Morris, Le Pot, Purpura and Francisco Meirino. This project is part of Incidencias Sonoras: COINCIDENCIA experimental music & sound art platform, by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

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Mica Levi Dalhous Αναστενάρια Martina Lussi Nozomu Matsumoto Burial The Future Sound Of London Anom Vitruv Daniel Schmidt and the Berkeley Gamelan King Midas Sound Luke Abbott Jack Wyllie Sarah Davachi Fursaxa Outer Space

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2018

33EMYBW - Golem (SVBKVLT)

Abdullah Miniawy - Downer Honor (Not On Label)

Aisha Devi - DNA Feelings (Houndstooth)

Ana Da Silva & Phew - Island (Newhere Music)

Astrid Sonne - Human Lines (Escho)

Bamba Pana - Poaa (Nyege Tapes)

Ben Vince - Assimilation (Where To Now?)

Bergsonist - Soldaris (Where To Now?)

Bladee - Red Light (YEAR0001)

Bloom Offering - Episodes (Helen Scarsdale)

Bod [包家巷] - Limpid Fear [清澈恐惧] (Knives)

Bonaventure - Mentor (Planet Mu)

Brahim Yilmaz - The Tapestry Of Their Marriage Was Woven With Violence (Janushoved)

CV & JAB - Zin Taylor - Thoughts Of A Dot As It Travels A Surface (Shelter Press)

Carla dal Forno - Top Of The Pops (Not On Label)

Carola Baer - The Story of Valerie (Concentric Circles)

Caterina Barbieri - Born Again In The Voltage (Important Records)

Christoph De Babalon - If You're Into It, I'm Out Of It

Cienfuegos - Autogolpe (L.I.E.S.)

Clara! y Maoupa - Meno (Les Disques De La Bretagne)

Debit - Love Discipline (QTT11)

Demdike Stare - Passion (Modern Love)

Doris Norton - Artificial Intelligence (Mannequin)

Drew Mcdowall & Hiro Kone - The Gost of Georges Bataille (BANK Records)

Dust-e-1 - The Dust in the Dance (Collect-Call)

Eartheater - IRISIRI (PAN)

Ekin Fil - Maps (Helen Scarsdale)

Eli Keszler - Stadium (Shelter Press)

Ewa Justka - Efhksjerfbeskj (Conditional)

Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Limpid As Solitudes (Shelter Press)

Félicia Atkinson - Coyotes (Geographic North)

Helm - World In Action (Remixed) (Alter)

Hercegovina ‎- Esprit De Corps (Janushoved)

Hiro Kone - Pure Expenditure (Dais Records)

Ice_Eyes - Culture Of Pain (Seagrave)

Ingus Baušķenieks - Spoki (STROOM)

Ipek Gorgun - Ecce Homo (Touch)

Iueke - Champion (Editions Gravats)

John Bence - Kill (Grooming)

Jung An Tagen ‎- Agent Im Objekt (Editions Mego)

Kali Malone - Cast Of Mind (Hallow Ground)

Kareem Lotfy - QTT10 (Quiet Time)

Kate Carr - The Thing Itself And Not The Myth (Glistening Examples)

Kedr Livanskiy - There Was A Time (2MR)

Kelman Duran - 13th Month (Apocalipsis)

Klara Lewis and Simon Fisher Turner ‎- Care (Editions Mego)

Koenraad Ecker ‎- A Biology Of Shadows (In Aulis)

Krikor - Saudi (L.I.E.S.)

LOW - Double Negative (Sub Pop Records)

Lana Del Rabies - Shadow World (Deathbomb Arc)

Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood (Latency)

Leftina Osha - Too Much For Nothing (AVA)

Leslie Winer & Jay Glass Dubs - YMFEES (Bokeh Versions)

Lolina (Inga Copeland) - The Smoke (Not On Label)

Lotic - Power (Tri Angle Records)

Maoupa Mazzocchetti ‎- Gag Flag (Editions Gravats)

Maria W. Horn - Kontrapoetik (Portals Editions)

Martina Lussi - Installations 2016​/​2017 (Prehistoric Silence)

Mika Vainio ‎- Lydspor One & Two (Moog Recordings Library)

Minimal Violence ‎- MVX / U41A (Technicolour)

Miss Red - K.O. (Pressure)

Molchat Doma - Etazhi (Detriti Records)

Mumdance - Shared Meanings (Shared Meanings)

Muslimgauze - Eleven Minarets (Kvitnu)

OCB - The Anticlimax (Casa Voyager)

Object Blue - Rex (Let’s Go Swimming)

Oklou - Zone W​/​O People OST (Not On Label)

Pan Daijing & Werner Dafeldecker - A Page To A Corner (iDEAL Recordings)

Poison Arrow - If You Don't Love Me (Pleasure District)

Pontiac Streator & Ulla Straus - Chat (West Miniral)

Potter Natalizia Zen - Shut Your Eyes On The Way Out (Ecstatic)

Presente - Ultra Heaven (Yerevan Tapes)

Raime - Am I Using Content Or Is Content Using Me? (Different Circles)

Ramzi - Phobiza Vol. 3: Amor Fati (FATi Records)

Rezzett ‎- Rezzett (TTT)

Richard Devine ‎- Sort\Lave (Timesig)

Sabiwa - 輪迴 (Chinabot)

Sarah Davachi - Let Night Come On Bells End The Day (Recital)

Senyawa - Sujud (Sublime Frequencies)

Shit & Shine - Bad Vibes (Rocket Recordings)

Shoeg - Container (Orange Milk Records)

Shuttle358 ‎- Field (12K)

Silvia Kastel - Air Lows (Blackest Ever Black)

Simo Cell - 5 Party Mix (BFDM)

Sophia Loizou - Irregular Territories (Cosmo Rhythmatic)

Stine Janvin - Fake Synthetic Music (PAN)

Sugai Ken ‎- Tele-N-Tech-Da (Discrepant)

Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt.Fuji (Midgar)

Teresa Winter - For Murder (The Death of Rave)

The Pilotwings ‎- Pour Faire Pleurer Les Chômeurs (BFDM)

Tim Hecker - Konoyo (Kranky)

Tsvi - Inner Worlds (Nervous Horizon)

Vessel - Queen of Golden Dogs (Tri Angle Records)

Yeah You ‎– KHOT< (Opal Tapes)

Zuli - Trigger Finger (Haunter)

c_c - Brumas, Nieblas, Neblinas (zamzamrec)

rkss - DJ Tools (UIQ)

µ-Ziq ‎- D Funk EP (Analogical Force)

Бassae - Untitled (Few Crackles)

тпсб ‎- Sekundenschlaf (Blackest Ever Black)

[raxhelw]

SUNDAY

In Formed Radio - KUZU 92.9 FM

Airdate 2/6/2022

11 AM - 12 PM CT

--NEW EPISODE--

ECLIPSES

Presenting readings from:

“The Story of Eclipses” by George F. Chambers

“At a Lunar Eclipse” by Thomas Hardy

“On the Eclipse of the Moon of October 1865” by Charles Tennyson Turner

“A Solar Eclipse” by Ella Wheeler

“The Last Quarter of the Moon” by Amy Lowell

Featuring music by:

Toshiya Sukegawa

France Jobin

Ekin Fil

Martina Lussi

& Jasmine Guffond

KUZU

Denton, TX

92.9 FM

kuzu.fm/streaming/

[cedricnoel]

Pattering is now up on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, etc. for all you dedicated streamers. I wanted to say thanks so much for your kind words on this album. It's been so great to see people connecting and honestly overwhelming but in the best way <3 The joy of releasing and sharing music spontaneously is almost unparalleled for me. :) If you're curious, check out below, in no particular order, some of the records that helped me make this album. Some recommendations of music that helped guide me making these pieces over that past few years. Thx to those for making these works, this music was big for me: meditations – IN/VIA pet names – s. ayton Raw Silk Uncut Wood – Laurel Halo on – Desert Bloom Chunk – New Issue Water Memory – Emily Sprague YTAMO – MI WO Nepenthe – Juliana Barwick Interplay – YlangYlang Hundreds of Days – Mary Lattimore Both – Okay Kaya Sharing Waves – Cool Maritime Gave in Rest - Sarah Davachi Keyboard Fantasies - Beverly Glenn Copeland для FOR – Kate NV Anoyo – Tim Hecker No Home for the Mind – Bing & Ruth FRKWYS Vol. 14 – Nue - Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends The Flower and the Vessel - Felicia Atkinson 1st set of loops – Lydia Third Album – Markus Floats ~ ~ ~ – Ana Roxanne Diffusion Is a Force – Martina Lussi Ruins – Grouper Aviary - Julia Holter Peter Broderick – Partners Crack up – Fleet Foxes Fools' Harp Vol. 1 – Fools The Space Between – Joanna Brouk The Sacrificial Code – Kali Malone All We Grow – S. Carey

[windowmagic]

The latest transmission is available in the archive right now!

With pieces by Kassel Jaeger, Benoît Pioulard, Assembler Responder, Steve Reich, Martina Lussi, Homeshake, Lianne La Havas, Le Révélateur, Machnick, Salami Rose Joe Louis and many many more. 

Hope you are doing well out there!

https://www.mixcloud.com/andreasbonkowski/window-magics-transmission-service-28-october-9-2020/